<p>Are there any opportunities for rowing at NU? Not competitively - just for fun.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>There is a team here, they do have competitions but as far as I know anyone can join. It's not SUPER competitive like the Ivies or anything, I know a bunch of people who do it to stay in shape and have fun. It's like a club team.</p>
<p>The club crew team at NU is pretty intense and not for those who aren't commited.</p>
<p>Practice/training is a 6 day a week commitment.</p>
<p>Morning practices (getting up at 5:30 in the morning) are 2-3 times a week and entails practice on the water.</p>
<p>Afternoon practices consists of endurance training (6 mile run, running stairs, hours on the erg) and weight training.</p>
<p>There is also a week of training (in the Fall) prior to the start of school and training in SC during Spring Break - not to mention fundraising efforts (such as working concessions during FB games).</p>
<p>In comparison to my friends who played FB, I would say that crew takes up the same amount of time and commitment.</p>
<p>As for leisure rowing - there may be opportunities along the various Northshore boating facilities (but more so for sailing than rowing).</p>
<p>They have men's and women's rowing at a competitive club level. For a benchmark, they had one top 5 finish at this past Charles, and the rest were near the middle or at the bottom of the pack; but there were a pretty good number of entries. I'd interpret that as on the competitive side of club rowing, and possibly more competitive than some more lax intercollegiate teams.</p>
<p>sounds perfectly wretched. I was thinking of something more "fun."</p>